The commission recommended rezoning and a special‑use permit for Campus Realty Advisors to develop two purpose‑built student‑housing buildings (up to 588 beds) on Chastain Center Boulevard, contingent on a 15‑foot landscape buffer, coordination with KSU and Cobb County Police, and commissioner review of final safety/transportation/security plans.

The Bryan Planning and Zoning Commission on Aug. 6 recommended approval to rezone and amend a plan‑development at 600 Woodson Drive, allowing a seven‑story, up‑to‑70‑foot apartment building and increasing unit count from 66 to 187. Staff said a traffic impact analysis will be required during site‑plan review.

New developments address the demands of an ever-growing University of Alabama student population.

City council reduces overnight parking limit from 20 nights to 10 per household.

Residents defend duplex as legitimate housing against claims of conversion to group housing.

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Widner University won approval to convert the Best Western at 14th and Providence into student housing (about 120 students) with minimal exterior change; the university said the conversion keeps the hotel footprint, will not add kitchens to rooms and relies on nearby parking lots.

Several Westchester University students and residents addressed council about student and workforce housing shortages in public comment. Students urged more on-campus housing and changes to local permitting; council members and the mayor acknowledged the issue but said solutions require planning, funding and time.

The State Building Commission approved Middle Tennessee State University’s request to ground‑lease roughly 2.5 acres for a 40‑year public‑private partnership to build a 554‑bed residence hall, with ground rent paid from surplus project cash flow and an option for MTSU to purchase improvements after 10 years.

LSU plans 1,266 new beds in South Quad to meet first-year housing demands.